Saturday, 14 February 2015

Slack

I have been slack in blogging this past week because of family issues, niggling but not insurmountable, like grappling with spondylitis (my wife) and a frozen shoulder (me), visits to orthopedic doctors and x-ray clinic, physiotherapy at home, B12 shots, meeting office deadlines, and computer problems. All is well, though, and I hope to return to active blogging next week.

A word of advice: if you’re reaching out for something, never stretch your hand beyond its capacity. Climb on a stool or go round and pick it up. It's worth the effort.The doctor gave me three options: physiotherapy for a minimum of three months (though, he said, it could take up to six months for the shoulder to heal) with heat and ice packs, steroid injections or straightening the joint under local anaesthesia. I have ruled out the last two—they scare me.

Sorry to hear you're not well. By the way, go for the steroid shot, nothing to be scared of and pretty quick improvement. My wife had to do that with her shoulder last summer and she was back to normal in a couple of weeks with no problems or reoccurrences.

Ron, if physiotherapy doesn't work as well as I'm told it should, then I'll go for the steroid shots. I have an aversion to meds and shots and avoid them as far as possible. Alternate treatment is usually my first line of treatment.

Take care of yourself Prashant and I hope you and your wife make a swift recovery - several friends and colleagues have had steroid treatment and have had real benefits from it. All the very best to you both.